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1 193/ December 2014 Labour Cost Survey 2012 in the EU28 Labour costs highest in the financial and insurance sector Three times higher than in the accommodation and food sector In 2012, average hourly labour costs 1 in the whole economy 2 (excluding agriculture and public administration) stood at 24.2 in the EU28 3 and 29.3 in the euro area 3 (EA18). However, this average masks significant differences between EU Member States, ranging from 3.4 in Bulgaria to 40.1 in Denmark. Compared with 2008, hourly labour costs in euros in 2012 had increased by 10.9% in the EU28 (or +2.6% annually) and by 11.8% in the euro area (or +2.8% annually). In both the EU28 and the euro area, hourly labour costs in 2012 were lowest in the accommodation and food service sector ( 14.4 in the EU28 and 16.9 in the euro area) and highest in the financial and insurance sector ( 41.2 in the EU28, 48.5 in the euro area). These figures come from a publication 4 issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, and are based on the results of the 2012 edition of the four-yearly Labour Cost Survey Hourly labour costs in the EU28 Member States, 2012 (in ) Greece: no data available at the time of the publication

2 Highest hourly labour costs in the manufacturing sector in Belgium, lowest in Bulgaria In 2012, the highest average hourly labour costs in the whole economy were recorded in Denmark ( 40.1), Belgium ( 38.0), Sweden ( 37.3), France ( 34.6) and Luxembourg ( 34.1), and the lowest in Bulgaria ( 3.4), Romania ( 4.1), Lithuania ( 5.9) and Latvia ( 6.0). The pattern was very similar within the manufacturing sector where the highest average hourly labour costs were observed in Belgium ( 42.0), Sweden ( 41.4) and Denmark ( 40.6), and the lowest in Bulgaria ( 2.8), Romania ( 3.7), Latvia and Lithuania (both 5.5). In 2012, average hourly labour costs in the manufacturing sector stood at 24.7 in the EU28 and 31.2 in the euro area. Financial sector: where hourly labour costs are the highest in all Member States In all Member States, the highest hourly labour costs in 2012 were observed in the financial and insurance sector, and the lowest in the accommodation and food service sector. In the financial sector, hourly labour costs were at least 50% above the national average in all EU Member States, except Finland (+34%), Ireland (+43%), Croatia (+45%) and Slovenia (+48%). Hourly labour costs in the financial and insurance sector were at least twice as high as the national average for the total economy in Portugal (+167%), Romania (+136%), Latvia (+113%), Hungary (+110%) and Cyprus (+106%). Conversely, hourly labour costs were at least 25% lower in the accommodation and food service sector than the national average, except in Croatia (-18%) and Slovenia (-23%). The highest differences to the national average were observed in Ireland (-49%), Cyprus (-48%) and Germany (-47%). Hourly labour costs in the EU28 and in the euro area, by economic sector, 2012 (in ) 60 EU28 EA Financial & insurance Professional, scientific & technical Education Manufacturing Human health & social work Construction Wholesale & retail trade Accommodation & food service

3 Hourly labour costs expressed in euro in the EU28 Member States, by economic sector, 2012 Total economy 2 Manufacturing Construction Wholesale & retail trade Accommodation & food service Financial & insurance Professional, scientific & technical Education Human health & social work EU EA Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece : : : : : : : : : Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta 11.8 c c 11.9 c c Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom : no data available for Greece at the time of the publication c: confidential Data refer to employees working in enterprises with at least 10 employees and NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to S excluding O. Apprentices are excluded except for: Bulgaria, Latvia, Croatia and Slovenia.

4 Largest increases in hourly labour costs in Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia Compared with 2008, hourly labour costs, expressed in national currencies 6, in the whole economy have increased in all EU Member States, except Lithuania where they remained stable. Within the euro area, the largest increases were recorded in Slovakia (+21.4%), Finland (+15.8%), Belgium (+15.7%), Austria (+12.6%) and the Netherlands (+10.3%), and the smallest in Cyprus (+0.4%) and Latvia (+0.5%) where they remained almost stable. For Member States outside the euro area, and expressed in national currency, the largest increases in hourly labour costs in the whole economy between 2008 and 2012 were registered in Bulgaria (+33.7%), Poland (+22.5%) and Romania (+19.3%), and the smallest in Lithuania (+0.0%) and the United Kingdom (+5.4%). Changes (%) in hourly labour costs in national currencies, by component, 2012/2008 Total change in hourly labour costs Of which: Wages and salaries Non-wage costs EU EA Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece : : : Spain France* Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom : no data available for Greece at the time of the publication * Data for France do not cover section P Education Figures may not add up due to rounding Contribution of wages and salaries highest in Bulgaria, of non-wage costs in Slovakia Labour costs are made up of wages & salaries (which represented 76% of total labour costs in 2012) and nonwage costs (24%) such as employers' social contributions. The contribution of wages and salaries to the growth of labour costs was +8.2 percentage points in the EU28 and by +9.1 pp in the euro area.

5 The wage component made the largest contribution to changes in the hourly labour costs expressed in national currencies in nearly every Member State. The highest contributions of wages in the growth of hourly labour costs over the period were recorded in Bulgaria (+31.1 percentage points - pp) and Poland (+17.7 pp), while the lowest contributions were recorded in Lithuania (-0.1 pp), Cyprus (-0.6 pp) and Latvia (+0.7 pp). The contribution of the non-wage component, i.e. mainly social contributions paid by the employer, was +2.7 percentage points for both the EU28 and the euro area. It ranged from -2.7 pp in Hungary, -1.0 pp in Malta and -0.2 pp in Latvia, to +4.8 pp in Poland, +4.9 pp in Belgium and +5.7 pp in Slovakia. Changes in hourly labour costs in national currencies, by component, 2012/2008 Wages and salaries (excluding apprentices) Non-wage costs (excluding apprentices) 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% Greece: no data available at the time of the publication Highest number of annual hours worked in Malta and Romania, lowest in Belgium and France In 2012, full-time employees worked on average hours per year in the EU28 and hours in the euro area. Among EU Member States for which data are available, the average number of annual hours worked 7 ranged from less than hours in Belgium (1 462), France (1 555), Italy (1 565) and Denmark (1 571), to more than hours in Romania (1 850) and Malta (1 961) Actual hours worked per year, per full-time employee, 2012 Greece: no data available at the time of the publication; United Kingdom: comparable data not available.

6 Annual hours worked increased in 7 Member States Compared with 2008, the average number of hours worked per year dropped slightly in both the EU28 (-15 hours) and in the euro area (-32 hours). Among EU Member States, the average number of actual annual hours worked decreased the most in Ireland (-90 hours) and Belgium (-79h), while increases were observed in Malta (+100 hours), Cyprus (+83h), Estonia (+27h), Lithuania (+15h), the Czech Republic (+14h), the Netherlands (+10h) and Sweden (+8h). Number of actual hours worked per year, per full-time employee, 2012/ Change 2012/2008 (in hours) EU EA Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece : : Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta* Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom : : : : no data available for Greece at the time of the publication; comparable data not available for the United Kingdom * 2008 data may be underestimated.

7 1. Total Labour Costs refer to the total expenditure borne by employers in order to employ staff. They cover wage and nonwage costs less subsidies. They do include vocational training costs or other expenditures such as recruitment costs, spending on working clothes, etc. Wage and salary costs include direct remunerations, bonuses, and allowances paid by an employer in cash or in kind to an employee in return for work done, payments to employees saving schemes, payments for days not worked and remunerations in kind such as food, drink, fuel, company cars, etc. Non-wage costs include the employers social contributions plus employment taxes regarded as labour costs less subsidies intended to refund part or all of the employer s cost of direct remuneration. 2. The whole economy (except agriculture and public administration) includes NACE Rev. 2 sections B to N and P to S. 3. The EU28 includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The euro area (EA18) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland. EU28 and EA18 data presented in this news release do not include Greece, for which 2012 data was not available at the time of the publication. 4. Eurostat, Statistics explained articles available on the Eurostat website: "Labour cost structural statistics - levels" and "Labour cost structural statistics - changes". 5. The labour cost survey (LCS) is a four-yearly survey which provides details on the level and structure of labour cost data, hours worked and hours paid for employees. Employees include all persons employed at the observation unit and with an employment contract (permanent or not), except family workers; home workers; occasional workers; persons wholly remunerated by way of fees or commission; board of Director Members; directors/managers paid by way of profit share or by fee; self-employed persons. Data do not cover apprentices except in the case of Bulgaria, Latvia, Croatia and Slovenia where they represent a low share of the total labour force (less than 1%). If not otherwise stated, data refer to full-time and part-time employees working in enterprises employing 10 employees or more, in all economic sectors except: agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE Rev. 2 Section A) and public administration and defence; compulsory social security (NACE Rev. 2 Section O). The transmission of LCS data for NACE section O is not mandatory and the corresponding data are available for 22 Member States only. LCS results are available for the reference years 2000, 2004, 2008 and The data are collected on the basis of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 of 21 October 2005, implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and labour costs as regards the definition and transmission of information on labour costs. 6. When comparing labour costs over time, it should be noted that data for those Member States outside the euro area are influenced by exchange rate movements if analysed in euro. For non-euro area countries, exchange rate movements impacted hourly labour cost in euros in 2012 compared with 2008 downwards for Romania (-17%), Poland (-16%), Hungary (-13%), Croatia (-4%), the United Kingdom (-2%) and the Czech Republic (-1%). They impacted them upwards for Sweden (+10%) and Latvia (+1%). 7. Hours worked are defined as the periods of time employees spent on direct and ancillary to produce goods and services, including normal periods of work, training, paid and unpaid overtime and time spent on preparation, maintaining, repairing, cleaning and writing reports associated to main work. They exclude periods of vacation and other public holidays, sick leave and other type of absence which employees are paid for. Issued by: Eurostat Press Office Vincent BOURGEAIS Tel: eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu For further information on data: Eusebio BEZZINA Tel: eusebio.bezzina@ec.europa.eu Eurostat news releases on the internet: Follow Eurostat on Twitter:

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